The last remaining member of a neo-Nazi group — who's being called "the Nazi bride" by the German press, and probably soon the American tabloids — is now on trial for murder in a case that's remarkable as much for the horrible crimes as the retrograde justice for human-rights violations that were ignored for years.
Brand-new Secretary of State John Kerry gave a speech Tuesday proudly defending Americans' "right to be stupid" in front of the very people who are most likely to think Americans are stupid, Europeans.
Antoni Dobrowolski, a former Polish teacher arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 for teaching underground lessons to students, died on Sunday at the age of 108, according to a Polish official speaking with the Associated Press.
For the first time ever, Twitter censored a controversial account at the request of local government earlier this week. It was run by neo-Nazis.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
In the fourth day of protests that have rocked Western embassies across the Muslim world, protesters in Sudan torched the German embassy and attacked the British while protesters scaled the walls and attacked the U.S. embassy in Tunis.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Considering the staggering number of unexploded bombs in Germany, defusing bombs from WWII has almost become a German routine, but in Munich last night authorities couldn't defuse a 550 lb. bomb in the heart of the city--so they blew it up.
In less than 24 hours, two undetonated bombs were found in the cities of Warsaw and Munich causing mass evacuations, which made us wonder just how common it is to find a 70-year-old, 3,000 lb. bomb in bustling European cities.
European stocks went up this morning even as new GDP numbers showed that most its national economies are shrinking. Just not as quickly as everyone feared.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
We learned today that the Aurora mass shooting is as big a story around the world as it is in the U.S., but the reaction is not. A headline in Norway's largest newspaper captured the disbelief in other industrialized countries in the wake of the tragedy: "Stricter Firearms Is a Non-Issue Even After Massacre."
Discovered: Tick bites can lead to red meat allergies; networking gets you farther ahead in the US job market; scientists develop ways to extract CO2 from the atmosphere; too much light at night can cause depression.
Hot on the heels of uniting Germany's Jewish and Muslim communities under one common cause, Cologne's circumcision ban has found another enemy—the German government.
A regional German court's ban on circumcision has been met with agreement by Jewish and Muslim organizations united in denouncing it.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
The happy partnership between Germany and France on the European debt crisis turned unmistakably sour this morning.
If the tale of a mystery boy who'd wandered into Berlin out of the German woods last September after supposedly living in caves for five years seemed incredible to you, you've got good judgment.
The euro zone is looking decidedly less stable this morning as Spain's budget minister calls on Europe to shore up its debt-ridden banks—a move Spanish leaders had insisted just a week ago wouldn't be necessary.
An allegedly cross-dressing, body-part-mailing, horror-movie-style murderer was arrested in Berlin on Monday night, Melissa Eddy reported in The New York Times. The suspect, who is said to be a Canadian porn star, was spotted in an internet cafe, reading the news... about himself.
The first tangible international consequences of the Syrian massacre in Houla are beginning materialize.
From Wall Street to Brussels, the people with a stake in Greece's financial future are making plans for its exit from the Eurozone.
Today brought strange news about France's new prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault: His surname means "penis" in Arabic.
According to Germany's Der Spiegel, German police shot only 85 bullets in all of 2011, a stark reminder that not every country is as gun-crazy as the U.S. of A.
This weekend's surprising election results may have permanently upended Europe's plans for economic reform as voters are making it clear that they are sick of austerity.
Today in books and publishing: A possible sighting of the new Dave Eggers novel, to mark the release of his 63rd book, Vulture ranks the work of Stephen King, and Christopher Hitchens came up empty at this year's Orwell prize.
The Washington Post on nuclear energy, The New York Times on water in San Diego, Mother Jones on motorbikes in Vietnam, Bloomberg View on factory-farm antibiotics, and the Associated Press on Chinese electric cars
It's not a good time to be an incumbent politician in the economically fragile eurozone. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the soon-to-be-former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will tell you firsthand.
The Associated Press on soldiers in the melting Arctic, The Texas Tribune on uranium mining, Christian Science Monitor on solar panels in Germany, The Washington Post on saving the seahorse, and The Guardian on the drought in England
Europe is scratching its head over the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down President Obama's signature legislative achievement.
"The bunny didn't suffer, said the distraught director of the zoo in Germany who had hoped to turn the rare rabbit into a media star." [Der Spiegel]
Do you have a prized work of art in your collection somewhere, gathering dust and value? Better sell it before it turns out to be a fake.
They weren't happy about it, but the German parliament voted to pickup Greece's tab once again in a bid to keep the Euro zone alliance strong, reports the BBC.
German President Christian Wulff, who resigned on Friday hasn't been prosecuted for any kind of corruption, but he already fell short of being what the BBC calls "a moral authority for the nation" just by opening himself up to messy allegations of back-room favors.
The guy who killed two U.S. airmen and wounded two others in a shooting spree at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany will spend his life in prison, a German court decided on Friday.
Two new patent-related lawsuits in Germany threaten to block sales of all available iPhone models except for the new 4S. Two new patent-related lawsuits in Germany threaten blocked the sale of all available iPhone models except for the new 4S -- for a few hours.
Handing a PR victory to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, every European Union country, save for Britain and the Czech Republic, agreed to sign a new treaty designed to curb overspending and resolve the bloc's staggering debt crisis Monday.
Greece's ongoing bailout talks have made a significant move forward, but would require private investors to take an even bigger bath on Greek bonds.
A week after ultra-Orthodox Jews dressed up like concentration camp victims and compared cops to Third Reich officers, Israel is one step closer to criminalizing the swastika and other Nazi-related speech.
A series of reports about potentially faulty breast implants (made in France) prompted German officials to issue a sweeping recommendation for women who have them to get them removed.
People call Anonymous a lot of bad words, but hypocritical is seldom one of them. The hacktivist collective's latest Germany-centric crusade against the bigotry and hatred of neo-Nazis is drawing ire from all sides.
As European leaders descend on Brussels today to save the euro, British Prime Minister David Cameron is threatening to veto any treaty that doesn't cater to Britain's national interests.
German police say that a fully functioning letter bomb was mailed to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann in Frankfurt.
As Europe's debt crisis rages on, a collection of financial experts and global institutions are warning European leaders that the Euro Zone could collapse if swift actions aren't taken.
Players: Susan Sarandon, actress and liberal activist; The Catholic League of America, a Catholic advocacy group run by Bill Donohue (famous for its boycotts on Kathy Griffin, The Golden Compass and John Edwards campaign staffers) and The Anti Defamation League of America, a Jewish advocacy group
Heidi the cross-eyed possum is the latest German animal celebrity to bite the dust
A letter on the U.S. embassy's website describes how Berlin soccer fans were nasty to an African American staffer
Frankfurt attacker 'can't understand myself how I could have acted this way'
The making of heroes vs. the cult of the military
Have a story we missed? A link we have to click? A sharp opinion about the news? Instead of waiting for us to post it, tell us on the Open Wire.
Submit your news and ideas | See all reader postsThe Atlantic Wire is your authoritative guide to the news and ideas that matter most right now. Our team tracks newsmakers and opinions across the entire media spectrum: newspapers, web sites, television, radio and magazines.
But we do more than just collect information. By synthesizing, analyzing and summarizing what’s out there, and adding new information when we can, we are a news engine that gives you a quick and valuable account of the issues of the day.
Have a hot tip? A story we missed? Tell us on the Open Wire
How to send us editorial or technical feedback
Get Five Best Columns in your inbox each morning (preview)
